Can't I win arguments?
July 31, 2020
A Jehovah's Witness asks me, on the phone, "What was the best present you ever had?". I thought for a moment and replied, "A cloth my uncle bought me (when I was 6th grade)". He asks me, "May I ask why that made you happy?". I reply, "Well, he fulfilled his promise." That was the only thing that came to my mind except it also made me happy. I am very skeptical of presents, rewards are ok, but presents? I fail to see the purpose of presents especially when, in the case of romantic relationships when/if they fail. It becomes something to remember someone with. A photo together, a postcard, a watch, candies. He says, "Wouldn't it show their love for you?". I nodded and hmmed. So the message was a present contains love, promise and happiness.

Of course we weren't talking pal-to-pal. We were talking in context of "ቤዛው ከሁሉ የላቀ ሥጦታ!"(Redemption, An Exceptional Present). What do you think is an awesome present? For me, it is quality time with someone. But I had to agree, for the sake of convenience that it was the redemptive love of Jesus.

He further asks me, "Why do men die?". I reply, "Why, because they are creatures, and all creatures die." "NO.", He says. "It is because they sinned." I also had to let that argument go in lieu of something valuable to learn.

I hold back from saying, "I think people die because of the sun." Last week, (No, I wasn't smoking weed!) I stipulated that 99.9% of all men die before 100. For a dog it is only 14 years. So, by implication the sun sets lifespans of creatures on earth. Pretty intuitive argument, wouldn't you say? In the end, I had to agree that people die because of sin.